{"nrhp_refnum":"88002439","name":"US Post Office-Walton","other_names":["Walton Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"34--36 Gardner Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Walton","county":"Delaware County","state":"NY","lat":42.16922432800004,"lon":-75.12806289599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, five-bay, steel-frame brick post office at 34-36 Gardner Place in the village of Walton, Delaware County, New York, built in 1936-7 from a design by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an intact, representative example of federal public-works architecture from the Great Depression. Its simple Colonial Revival design reflects the standardized post office forms used across New York State in the 1930s under Supervising Architect Louis A. Simon. The building has been well maintained and keeps most of its original exterior and interior integrity.","narrative":"Built in 1936-7 at 34-36 Gardner Place, the Walton Post Office is a one-story, five-bay brick building on a steel frame and a raised limestone-clad foundation. It sits between the village library and the village hall and fire station. The flat-roofed, symmetrical facade has a pilastered limestone entrance topped by a small pediment with a metal eagle. Inside, the lobby keeps its terrazzo floors, marble wainscot, plaster cornice and original teller windows. Congress authorized the project in 1931 as part of a Depression-era public works program, and the firm of Loucks & Clark completed it with a maximum appropriation of $95,000. The design follows the simplified Colonial Revival models used by the Treasury Department's Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon. Similar small post offices appear elsewhere in New York State, including Watkins Glen and Huntington. The building is valued as a well-preserved example of that standardized federal design.","period_of_significance":"1936-7","architect_builder":"Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect; built by Loucks & Clark","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as well maintained, in good condition, and retaining a high degree of integrity inside and out; it is an occupied government-owned building.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:46.074737-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002439.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002439/6198362974-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002439/6198362974-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Vonsky87","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Post_Office_Walton_NY.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Vonsky87</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Post_Office_Walton_NY.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312455","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Walton,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7891057"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/delaware-county/us-post-office-walton-88002439/"}